Final: Blues vs Crusaders
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The final that Super Rugby Pacific needs
The all-Kiwi showdown between the Blues and Crusaders will be played in front of a sell-out crowd at Eden Park, which will bring some much needed glory, buzz and attention to Super Rugby Pacific.
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Barrett-Mo'unga showdown the big drawcard in throwback Super Rugby final
Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific final between the Blues and Crusaders sold out inside five hours. With big names across the paddock, an old school feel, and the All Blacks No. 10 jersey on the line, it really could be something special.
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@mariner4life Exactly, he is a Poverty Bay boy 100%!
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Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders. -
@Bovidae This is the guy that gifted the Blues a final last week, isn't it?
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@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.What's their percentage with other refs of the same era? Probably similar!
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@Machpants Probably. That stat was mentioned so I thought I'd include that info. I am surprised O'Keeffe has never refereed a game between these two teams before.
@Old-Samurai-Jack Yes, same ref.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Bovidae This is the guy that gifted the Blues a final last week, isn't it?
No, the one trying to gift the crusaders a home final by letting in truck and trailer trys.
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@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.And those 3 were absolute stitch ups.
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@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.What has that stat got to do with anything, I remember in Aus a rugby pundit giving the percetages of game ABs won with Nigel Owens as ref, and when you looked it was no different to any other ref, just the ABs won a lot, maybe a bit like Crusaders?
Hell the ref won't decide game, the players will as always! -
@Dan54 said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.What has that stat got to do with anything, I remember in Aus a rugby pundit giving the percetages of game ABs won with Nigel Owens as ref, and when you looked it was no different to any other ref, just the ABs won a lot, maybe a bit like Crusaders?
Hell the ref won't decide game, the players will as always!Well haven't you just excluded yourself from post match discussions
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@Crucial said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Dan54 said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.What has that stat got to do with anything, I remember in Aus a rugby pundit giving the percetages of game ABs won with Nigel Owens as ref, and when you looked it was no different to any other ref, just the ABs won a lot, maybe a bit like Crusaders?
Hell the ref won't decide game, the players will as always!Well haven't you just excluded yourself from post match discussions
Mate I always excluded for blaming the ref posts, and bloody happy to be!!
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Papalii bracketed on the bench.
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BLUES VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED FOR FINAL — Blues Rugby
An exciting lineup has been selected to take on the Crusaders in Saturday’s sell-out Grand Final of the DHL Super Rugby Pacific at Eden Park on Saturday. The forwards remain the same as the semifinal win over the Brumbies, which means that openside flanker Adrian Choat, the only player to have been
The Blues team to play the Crusaders at Eden Park is (Blues caps in brackets):
- Alex Hodgman (54)
- Kurt Eklund (37)
- Nepo Laulala (25)
- Josh Goodhue (46)
- Tom Robinson (44)
- Akira Ioane (94)
- Adrian Choat (19)
- Hoskins Sotutu (36)
- Finlay Christie (30)
- Beauden Barrett (17)
- AJ Lam (20)
- Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (11)
- Rieko Ioane (85)
- Mark Telea (38)
- Stephen Perofeta (44)
- Soane Vikena (14)
- Karl Tu’inukuafe (42)
- Ofa Tuungafasi (120)
- Luke Romano (14)
- Dalton Papalii (55) or James Tucker (11)
- Sam Nock (50)
- Bryce Heem (19)
- Zarn Sullivan (18)
Players not considered: Harry Plummer, Anton Segner, Jordan Lay, Tanielu Tele’a, Caleb Clarke, Corey Evans.
